The NBA is officially in an offseason. However, there wasn’t clarity about when the next season would start until today.
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic as well as Brian Windhorst and Zach Lowe of ESPN, the NBA is aiming to start the 2020-21 NBA season on Dec. 22 with a 72-game regular season. That would allow the league to play games on Christmas, which is traditionally one of the biggest days of the regular season calendar.
As for how the season would actually be done, that’s not entirely clear. But given the NBA’s ambitions, the league has wanted to start the season in home markets with fans where permissible.